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The north is dominatit bi the eye-shaped Issyk Kul Lake, surroondit bi the ridges o the Tian Shan muntain seestem: the Kyungey Ala-Too muntains tae the north an the Terskey Alatau tae the sooth (the 'sunny' an 'shady' Alatau, respectively). Tae the sooth is muntains an 'jailoos' (muntain meadows uised for simmer grazin). The heichest peaks o the Tian Shan muntains, includin Khan Tengri, are locatit in the eastrenmaist pairt o the province.

Maist o the population o the province bides aroond the loch, in particular in the ceeties o Balykchy naur the loch's wastren end, an Karakol naur its eastren end.

On the plateau atween the north shore o Lake Issyk Kul an the Kyungei Alatau Range (naur Tamchy)

The province, whilk resembles the Alps or Colorado, woud be a major tourist destination wur it no for its remoteness, unnerdeveloped infrastructure, an growin conflict atween Kyrgyz naitionalists an independence factions, which in December 2008 flared up again, killin 39 civilians. Currently, it is visited maistly bi locals who uise the Soviet-era establishments aroond the lake an the mair adventurous sort o internaitional tourist.

There is a veelage bi the name o Kyzyldzhildyz in this province. Its name is haurd enough tae pronoonce for foreigners tae the leid that the clachan's mayor haes affered a reward for ony American that can pronoonce "Kyzyldzhildyz".

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